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CARDINAL POINTS OF THE COMPASS

Specialty Definition: CARDINAL POINTS OF THE COMPASS

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Cardinal Points of the Compass Due north, west, east, and south. So called because they are the points on which the intermediate ones, such as N.E., N.W., N.N.E., etc., hinge or hang. (Latin, cardo, a hinge.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: CARDINAL POINTS OF THE COMPASS

English words defined with "CARDINAL POINTS OF THE COMPASS": compass flower, compass plant. (references)

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Alternative Orthography: CARDINAL POINTS OF THE COMPASS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

43 41 52 44 49 4E 41 4C      50 4F 49 4E 54 53      4F 46      54 48 45      43 4F 4D 50 41 53 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

                

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000011 01000001 01010010 01000100 01001001 01001110 01000001 01001100 00100000 01010000 01001111 01001001 01001110 01010100 01010011 00100000 01001111 01000110 00100000 01010100 01001000 01000101 00100000 01000011 01001111 01001101 01010000 01000001 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#65 &#82 &#68 &#73 &#78 &#65 &#76 &#32 &#80 &#79 &#73 &#78 &#84 &#83 &#32 &#79 &#70 &#32 &#84 &#72 &#69 &#32 &#67 &#79 &#77 &#80 &#65 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 0041 0052 0044 0049 004E 0041 004C      0050 004F 0049 004E 0054 0053      004F 0046      0054 0048 0045      0043 004F 004D 0050 0041 0053 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

37355238434835462504943485453249402544239237494750355353

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